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Natsuo Kirino: Out (2005, Vintage) 4 stars

Nothing in Japanese literature prepares us for the stark, tension-filled, plot-driven realism of Natsuo Kirino's …

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Based on the reviews, I’m glad I stopped reading this when I did. I’m kind of actively avoiding books with SA wherever I can.

But what actually made me stop is that I was getting bored - it was getting unwieldy. I enjoyed the first 100 ish pages, but the additional perspectives outside of the 4 women were very frustrating. The details were increasingly overwhelming any tension the story had.

Sad to have made it so far only to give up!